cent

About 89.94 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
2. noun A small sum of money.

   He blew every last cent.

3. noun A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
4. noun A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
5. noun A hundredth of a semitone or half step.
6. noun A unit of reactivity equal to one hundredth of a dollar.
7. noun Abbreviation of century.
8. noun Abbreviation of Latin centum (“one hundred”).

Similar words

centime penny dime shilling hundred gallon tia billion percent percentage

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Word family

Cent cents